(19)
(11) EP 1 087 167 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/13

(21) Application number: 00120397.5

(22) Date of filing: 18.09.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F16L 37/084
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 22.09.1999 US 401159

(71) Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Stieler, David C.
    Lake Orion, MI 48360 (US)

(74) Representative: Esser, Wolfgang 
ITT Industries Regional Patent Office Cannonstrasse 1
71384 Weinstadt
71384 Weinstadt (DE)

   


(54) Quick connector for fuel/vapor applications


(57) A quick connector apparatus (10) and method of forming same includes a retainer element (50) having a first end portion spin welded to an inner surface of a bore formed in an end portion of a first conduit (12) after a sealing element has been mounted in the end portion of the first conduit. The retainer element includes a movable latch member projecting from the second end which is engagable with an enlarged annular flange on the second conduit to releasably interconnect the second conduit and the retainer; while at the same time providing sealing between the second conduit and the first conduit via engagement between the internally mounted sealing element and the retainer element.






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